After a Third Place with The Grove School Ski Team in the Gravity Snowsports Schools Race last Monday, a good training session last Tuesday, School Summer Fete on Friday night, a punishing day’s Boot Camp with Gravity on Saturday (in that heat as well) and a First Place in the ERSA Summer League Race Under 10’s, and a Second Place in the Giant Slalom, and watching Murray’s historic win on Sunday, it was a great week.

This week brings a TGIS Ski Club with a Gravity Gates Session tonight, my Coeliacs Dietary Consultation on Tuesday, Inter-House Sports (rounders I think) on Wednesday, and two “knightly” performances in the School Play “What A Knight” on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, this is going to be a busy week !

Friday brings a trip to Manchester for rounds 5 & 6 of the GBR Indoor Series over the weekend.  Keep posted for updates.

Update: off to a winning start, won a Snowsports England competition for an Ice Age 4 DVD ! Thanks Kirsty of SSE !

Update: he is my photo entry to win a signed Atomic helmet, signed by the Atomic Pro Racers including Marcel !, here’s hoping !

UPDATE : TGIS Ski Team get 3rd place in the inaugural Gravity Snowsports Schools Race

After Saturday’s School Sports Day, 1st place and new school record in Javelin ! Had a great night at Wembley at the Robbie Williams concert.  He is such an Entertainer !

Great day yesterday with Auntie Christine, Uncle Julian (over from Canada) and Pete and Kath at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, amazing place.  Great to see you all again, and see you soon !

Tonight, Gravity Snowsports are running a small Schools Ski Slalom Competition at the Snozone, so that will be fun !

Tuesday night is back to Ski MK Race Training in readiness for Sunday’s ERSA Race at Hemel.

Looking forward to the FROGIS Summer Fete at school on Friday and a Gravity Boot Camp all day Saturday !

Keep a lookout on this blog for Sunday’s Race Start List and Results.

Saturday was The Grove School Sports Day.  Great day and good weather !

Took part in the 50m Hurdles, Long Jump, 100m Sprint, 4x 100m Relay, Throw and Javelin

Unsure about places on most of the events, but :

1st Place Javelin with a new Pre-Prep Record !

3rd 50m Hurdles (after a fall and losing a shoe !)

2nd 4x100m Relay (with Wyre House) – great second leg, caught up on his 100m and great handover !

After Sunday’s great racing, thanks to HSRC and Ambition Racing and the other sponsors and volunteers !

Last Friday we went to see a preview of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory and it was amazing.

School life back to normal this week, and School Sports Day on Saturday.  Time to use those powerful muscles in a few races!  Saturday night is a suprise night, Mum and Dad wont tell me where we are going ! Sunday is a family reunion day with Uncle Julian and Auntie Christine who are over from Toronto !

Ski training this week is Gravity Gates Session Monday and Ski MK Race Team Training Tuesday.

Will post pictures from Sports Day on Saturday !

After a great weekend of racing, thanks to Snowsport Scotland and Snow Factor at Braehead for organising two amazing race days.

Last week’s Exams will be a mixed bunch of results, done well in Geography, waiting for the other results !  We did play Beachborough at Cricket (Under 9’s Pairs) but we lost by 8 runs !  One day we might win a school cricket match !

This week is a usual school week, more lessons, more prep !  and School Ski Club Monday night.

Ski training this week is Gravity Gates Session Monday, Ski MK Race Team Training Tuesday and the Hemel Club National Race on Sunday.  Keep and eye out for the start lists and Results.

For Fathers Day, I got my amazing Dad tickets for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Musical, so we are going to watch one of the preview shows on Friday night !

Amazing day on Saturday on the Gravity June Boot Camp, really enjoyed both the ski elements and the dry land training sections.

Sunday was the “posh picnic at Waddesdon” with friends.  Great football (Dads v Lads), cricket (girls and Jeff v boys) and rounders matches.

This week for me brings a week of exams ! With TGIS School v Beechborough at cricket on Wednesday.

Over the weekend I am taking part in the GBR Indoor Series Race 4 and Scottish Indoor Championships at Braehead.  Keep an eye out of the Start List and Results.

Dad on Wednesday is taking part on a ski tuning and waxing course with Tony at Edge2Win, so he can understand how to properly race pre my skis !

www.edge2win.co.uk

Great result on Sunday, 2 runs in Slalom with no falls, and a 2nd Place.  Giant slalom, no results posted as of yet.

All week is a revision week at school ! Today, Monday, brings Swimming Gala at Swanbourne School (las year got a first place in the backstroke, unsure how well I will do this year).

Tuesday night is Ski MK Race Team Under 10 training session.

Saturday, I am on a Gravity Boot Camp again, so lots of skiing and dry land fitness work.  It means I miss the Great Horwood Football Club Junior Presentation event, and I wish them all luck.

Good week of Ski Training last week, Monday Gravity Gates Session was punishing and lots of gates.  Tuesday and Sunday good training sessions.

Really enjoyed the Aviva Premiership Final at Twickenham on Saturday, with Leicester Tigers beating the Northampton Saints.  It was amazing to see the way the Saints targeted Toby Flood and Ben Youngs, with some crunching tackles taking Flood out of the game.  Good job Tigers didn’t depend on Ford, Flood’s replacement, to get points from kicks !.  Learnt one major thing from Saturday and the RFU decision to bang Dylan Hartley, no matter how upset you get never shout abuse at the Referee or other players.  An 11 week ban means he missed out on a career moment of playing for the British Lions.

http://www.premiershiprugby.com/matchcentre/fixtures/match_centre.php?section=overview&fixid=173197

Sunday was school project completion day, and it looks amazing, then helping in the garden for pocket money !

Last week was an exam week at school, so had to try and concentrate a little more ! We will see what the results bring.

Saturday was a good footballing day, as Great Horwood Under 9’s beat Willen Warriors 3:0 (away). Great result as they run us very hard last match (won just 2:1), an Saturday was no exception. But a great team performance by the 10 boys earned a great win.

So this week, last week before half term and hopefully an easier week at school?, brings:

Monday, The Grove School ski club, and straight into a Gravity Gates Night, so that will nearly be 3 hours on the slopes.

Tuesdays, is Ski MK Race training night.

Friday is a Cricket School fixture against Quainton School.

Saturday, going with Grandad, Mum and Dad to Twickenham to watch the Aviva Premiership Rugby Play-off Final, then Dad and Grandad off to Wembley to watch the Champions League Final ! He is very lucky.

Sunday is Ski MK Race training.

So another 7 hours on the slopes at SnoDome scheduled this week. Can’t wait.

(Thanks Mum and Dad in taking me to today’s race, and thanks to Dad for being Backup Finish Timer in the slalom races and then Starter Marshall in the GS ! He did look to have very cold fingers after two hours in the ‘big fridge’ operating the finish computer!)

Last Saturday’s Gravity Boot Camp #1 was hard work, with Ski Skills Session, Freestyle Skiing and then a gruelling land training session.  Looking forward to Boot Camp #2 and #3 over the next two months.

Sunday was a long day, 04:15 alarm call, on the road before 05:00 and at Chill Factore just after 07:00 in readiness for Race 3 of the GBR Indoor Race Series (missed Race 2 on the Saturday as wanted to to the Gravity Boot Camp).  I was a little nervous, and Run 1 I fell around Gate 4, when I crossed my skis at the rear and it popped a ski off.  Did ski the rest of the run on one ski !

Run 2 was a cautious run, with a Under 10 time of 18.28 seconds, which placed me First in Place in Under 10’s (by over two seconds) and a good 13th in U12 & 10.  Need to learn to get a steady, error free first run so I can push it on run 2.  Now I have skied at Chill Factore, hopefully the nerves will by better when we return in July for Race 5 and 6 of the GBR Indoor Race Series.

Monday brings School Photos (must keep looking smart all day ! #difficult) and then School SkiClub at the SnoZone.  Tuesday night brings Ski MK Race Team Training.

Saturday is one of the last Football matches of the season, for Great Horwood FC Under 9’s, who had a good draw last Saturday with Leighton Buzzard.

Sunday brings yet another morning of Ski Racing, with the Ski MK Club National, at the SnoZone.  Home slope, so hopefully will be another successful two runs ? Kayne racing on Sunday, so have some good close home competition.